#E4E9BE#E4E9BE

#E4E9BE is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.785; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.057 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E9BE
RGB	rgb(228, 233, 190)
HSL	hsl(67, 49%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(67, 18%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 18.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.00, -8.77, 20.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.00, 22.19, 113.28°)
OKLab	oklab(91.93% -0.0221 0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(91.93% 0.057 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(70.4273, 78.4900, 60.1451)
Luminance	0.7849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E9BE #C3BEE9

analogous

#E9D8BE #E4E9BE #CEE9BE

triadic

#E4E9BE #BEE4E9 #E9BEE4

tetradic

#E4E9BE #BEE9D8 #C3BEE9 #E9BECE

square

#E4E9BE #BEE9D8 #C3BEE9 #E9BECE

split-complementary

#E4E9BE #BECEE9 #D8BEE9

monochromatic

#BECA63 #D1DA90 #E4E9BE #F6F7E8 #F6F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E4E9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.70

#E4E9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E9BE

16.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E9BE	1.00	1.26	16.70	16.70
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0E5BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E6C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAE4DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 233, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.057 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecf0d1',
    500: '#e4e9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e9be;
$custom-light: #ecf0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.977,
    "s": 49.425,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9193,
    "c": 0.0567,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.7849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E9BE

secondary

#8E87C5

accent

#29BD3A

background

#FEFFFE

surface

#FDFEFB

border

#D5D6D4

text

#161614

muted

#848583

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E9BE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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